Plan and longitudinal section of the Thames Tunnel, London mb-height 2514 The crowd in the foreground

The crowd in the foreground is watching the procession passing in front of the opticians

View of pedestrians and riders on horseback on Rotten Row

during its opening ceremony

showing three of the four step buildings

Plan and longitudinal section of the Thames Tunnel, London mb-height 2514 The crowd in the foregroundPlan and longitudinal section of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1842. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world. Completed as a foot tunnel in 1843, it was converted to a railway tunnel for the East London Railway in the 1860s. The plan is signed by the engineer, Sir Marc Isambard Brunel.